PACIFIC COD FISHERIES. L3 
Several species of Sebastodes (notably S. ruberrimus, S. pinniger, 
and S. mystinus), known as red rock cod, are found from San Diego 
to Alaska. They are excellent food fishes and are in considerable 
demand. 
BANKS FREQUENTED BY COD. 
The codfishing banks are of two kinds—the inshore banks, which 
lie close in to shore, or in the bays, straits, and sounds between the 
numerous islands and the mainland and between the islands them- 
selves, and the outer banks, which le at varying distances off the 
mainland or the various groups of islands. Together they form by 
far the largest group of cod banks in the world. 
Outside of the surveys made by the United States Bureau of Fish- 
eries steamer A/batross, very little has been done to fix with cer- 
tainty the boundaries of the various banks and much remains to 
be accomplished in this line. The Aldatross survey has been supple- 
mented by data obtained from fishermen frequenting these banks and 
from personal observation over a period comprising several fishing 
seasons. 
According to the investigations of the Albatross, the following 
represent, roughly, the areas of the offshore banks upon which she 
worked, although in several instances the work was suspended before 
the end of the bank was reached: 
Sq. miles. 
SSSR TTEN SMBs FIITT cope eee ek era sh ae ere ne SAS SERS SEEN, Tad BAD 1, 445 
eran arc ieee ely th eee SS Pee EP Lie A OO GAS) ee A 9, 200 
Between Ugomak Island and Kiliuluk Bay, in the Pacific Ocean_______ 2, 000 
REEIRVIEL SOOTM be Es 0) Keg> ae > = 2 a8 SR UE te NE ae pee Sg a ak 1, 600 
SSPE 1 gv TEST Ee GL 2°55 Wares ere TE SP eee | eee ne ee ree eee ee Se 1, 300 
ee nWeeM ie Sana ke sie SUM al alk aes eae eer ee ee 1, S00 
Sol TNT CR ed BS a eg ee Bt Nee A lal ns ly a ca 1, SOO 
Pel abrOSs 1B ain kee ee A Oe tet 3, TOO 
Ee] OKs FES Sune des tes ony Ps ee ee at ed ef ed | ee 6, SOO 
UG ROY | ea Se ae es ee RR RE NE ee ete Soe ae Se 29, 645 
Practically no attempt was made by the Albatross to seek for cod 
banks along the Aleutian Chain west of Akutan Pass, where cod are 
said to be numerous. Also no attempt was made to find banks in 
Bering Sea north of Cape Newenham, although cod have been found 
as far north as St. Lawrence Island. 
No estimate has ever been made of the extent of the inshore banks, 
which are very extensive. It is probable that these would be from 
one-third to one-half the area of the offshore banks, possibly more. 
No one knows the extent of the cod banks along the Asiatic shores 
of the Pacific Ocean, but they can not be much smaller, if any, than 
those on the American side, and it is possible that more extended 
investigations will develop that they meet the American banks at 
certain places. 
